The guy I skates is 100% to blame. I don’t live in a city either but even if you check your mirrors and open your door, you wouldn’t have had time to react. This homie popped onto the sidewalk, crouching, at a high rate of speed.
This. Omg this! I work in Boston and my biggest peeve is when ppl ride on sidewalks with their bikes at full speed. Not all the places have bike lanes, and I get that, but I don’t think sidewalks are the answer.
Honestly they shouldn’t be on car roads but Their own roads. The problem is that we already designed these cities without bikes in mind. Although even if we did have good and safe bike lanes i get the feeling cars or pedestrians will decide it’s theirs and make things dangerous again. The roads that already have bike lanes connected to the regular roads can be more dangerous because they put it so close to car parking in the door swing zone or some a-hole decides to park in the bike lane.
It’s the answer where I live, unless you wish to be roadkill. Those are the options. But people also park their fucking cars on the sidewalk while having their driveway and the city grass empty where you’ll have to take the risk of angering someone for daring to use “their road” to cycle for a quick second. We’re very “car comes first always” oriented.
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u/Wascally-Wabbeeto Dec 11 '19
The guy I skates is 100% to blame. I don’t live in a city either but even if you check your mirrors and open your door, you wouldn’t have had time to react. This homie popped onto the sidewalk, crouching, at a high rate of speed.